Brian E Tochilin

US Patent:

20120000341, Jan 5, 2012

Filed:

Jul 1, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/828843

Inventors:

Brian Eugene Tochilin - Orange CA, US

International Classification:

G10D 13/02

US Classification:

84415

Abstract:

A snare drum having four cylindrical members which nest within and are permanently attached to each other from the top shell of the drum. The top ends of the four cylindrical members are located adjacent to each other and the bottom ends of the third and fourth cylindrical members are located below the bottom ends of the first and second cylindrical members. A fifth cylindrical member slides axially along the lower end of the third cylindrical member. The top ends of the four cylindrical members are covered by a first drum head and the bottom ends of the third and fourth cylindrical members are covered by a second drum head. The four cylindrical members are the top shell for the drum and the fifth cylindrical member is the bottom shell for the drum. The distance between the first and second drum heads change as the fifth cylindrical member is manually moved axially along the third cylindrical member.